Bob Corker

Saying the Trump administration is using its tariff powers in a way that was never intended, Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey is trying again to require the president to ask Congress before imposing certain tariffs.

The Republican lawmaker has tweaked and reintroduced legislation he put forward last year, which would limit the powers President Donald Trump has used to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

Trump has enacted those levies under a legal provision, known as Section 232, that allows the president to impose tariffs for national security purposes without input from Congress.

But Toomey says the recent tariffs “have done far more harm than good,”...

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